Sylvia Bataille

Sylvia Bataille (born Sylvia Maklès; 1 November 1908 – 22 December 1993) was a French actress of Romanian-Jewish descent. When she was twenty, she married the writer Georges Bataille with whom she had a daughter, the psychoanalyst Laurence Bataille (1930–1986). Georges Bataille and Sylvia separated in 1934 but did not divorce until 1946. Starting in 1938, she was a companion of the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan with whom, in 1941, she had a daughter, Judith (married name Judith Miller). Sylvia Bataille married Jacques Lacan in 1953.

A pupil of Charles Dullin, Bataille's theatrical debut was with the agit-prop troupe Groupe Octobre, directed by Jacques Prévert. Her film debut came in 1933, and in 1936 she played her most memorable role in Partie de campagne (A Day in the Country) directed by Jean Renoir. Her final appearance was in 1950.

Filmography 1930: The Tale of the Fox animated, feature film by Ladislas Starevitch, voice of Rabbit 1930: La Joie d'une heure, short film by André Cerf 1933: The Faceless Voice by Léo Mittler 1934: Por un perro chico, una mujer (Un chien qui raccroche), short film by Santiago de la Concha - Santiago Ontañón 1934: Skylark by Jean Tarride 1935: His Excellency Antonin by Charles-Félix Tavano 1936: Topaze by Marcel Pagnol 1936: Rose by Raymond Rouleau 1936: Partie de campagne by Jean Renoir 1936: Œil de lynx, détective by Pierre-Jean Ducis 1936: The Crime of Monsieur Lange by Jean Renoir 1936: Jenny by Marcel Carné 1937: Vous n'avez rien à déclarer? by Léo Joannon 1937: Le Gagnant (short film) by Yves Allégret 1937: The Courier of Lyon by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara 1937: Forfaiture (released as The Cheat in English) by Marcel L'Herbier 1937: White Cargo by Robert Siodmak 1938: Frères corses by Géo Kelber 1938: People Who Travel (Les Gens du voyage in French) by Jacques Feyder 1939: Le Château des quatre obèses by Yvan Noé 1939: Serge Panine by Charles Méré 1939: L'Étrange nuit de Noël by Yvan Noé 1939: Latin Quarter by Pierre Colombier 1940: Hangman's Noose by Léon Mathot 1940: Camp Thirteen by Jacques Constant 1941: L'Enfer des anges by Christian-Jaque 1945: Ils étaient cinq permissionnaires by Pierre Caron 1946: Gates of the Night by Marcel Carné 1948: Ulysse ou Les Mauvaises Rencontres, short film (also known as Aller et retour) by Alexandre Astruc 1948: L'Amore, anthology film by Roberto Rossellini 1950: Julie de Carneilhan by Jacques Manuel